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State ex rel Utils. Comm'n v. Cooper, Att'y Gen.
Appeal from order on remand granting general rate increase to electric power company
State v. Banks
MAR alleging ineffective assistance of counsel; whether the trial court erred in sentencing defendant to separate punishments for second-degree rape and statutory rape based on the same single act with the victim
State v. Benters
Motion to suppress evidence; whether an affidavit based upon an anonymous tip established probable cause to issue a search warrant.
State v. Bowden
Appeal from order applying defendant's accumulated sentence reduction credits to make him eligible for unconditional release under N.C.G.S. 14-2, which defined the life sentence imposed on defendant as an eighty-year sentence
State v. Childress
When defendant was charged with attempted first-degree murder, whether the State presented sufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation
State v. Grainger
First-degree murder conviction; sentence of life imprisonment without parole; application of N.C.G.S. 14-5.2; whether the trial court committed prejudicial error by not instructing the jury on accessory before the fact to first-degree murder
State v. Hunt
Whether defendant's convictions for second-degree sexual offense and crime against nature subjected him to double jeopardy; whether trial court erred in denying defense counsel's motion for a mistrial on grounds that he had a conflict of interest
State v. Long
Dismissal of defendant's appeal from the trial court's failure to individually poll jurors on their verdict regarding the existence of aggravating factors; whether that issue was preserved for appellate review
State v. Miller
Motion to suppress evidence; whether a police dog's instinctive and undirected action that brings evidence not otherwise in plain view into plain view constitutes a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment or Article I, Section 20 of the North Carolina Constitution
State v. Phillips
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing a lower court order holding defendant-attorney in criminal contempt of court; whether the order was fatally deficient under N.C.G.S. 5A-15
State v. Sanders
Felony sentencing for a crime committed in North Carolina; whether the State proved that a prior offense for which defendant was convicted in Tennessee was substantially similar to a North Carolina offense for purposes of assigning defendant a sentencing point based on his prior record level under N.C.G.S. 15A-1340.14(e).
State v. Walston
Whether denial of defendant's good character evidence proffered under Rule 404(a) was prejudicial error; whether the trial court erred in using the term victim to instruct the jury, in conformity with the Pattern Jury Instructions
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed December 16, 2014
Court of Appeals Unpublished Opinions Filed December 16, 2014
Bryant & Assocs., LLC v ARC Fin. Servs., LLC,
Motion to stay; Judicial estoppel
Burnette v Fox
Charlotte Pavilion Rd. Retail Inv., L.L.C., v NC CVS Pharmacy, LLC,
Restrictive Covenant; plain meaning; parking
Cline v Hoke
Public Records Act; Designated custodian under N.C.G.S. Sec. 132-2; Suing in individual and official capacities
Cox v Cox v Layne
Child custody; findings of fact; substantial change in circumstances; judicial bias
Debaun v Kuszaj,
Public official immunity; Direct state constitutional claim